COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND
LEARNING WITH A FAR CRY

A Far Cry fosters relationships with community groups and educational institutions across the country and has developed the following partnerships in the city of Boston:

PROJECT STEP RESIDENCY
A Far Cry is honored to be participating in its seventh year of residency activities at Project STEP, a comprehensive string training program for children from underrepresented communities within classical music. The residency includes weekly chamber music coaching, one-on-one mentoring sessions, and free tickets to AFC concerts across the season. Criers also coach the Project STEP Honors Quartet, who continue to delight AFC audiences with pre-concert performances in Jordan Hall, including this evening!

Tonight’s pre-concert performance features Project STEP instrumentalists Laura Licata (violin), Alba Gilabert-Reid (viola),and Lorenzo Ye (cello) as well as AFC violinist Miki Cloud. The Honors Quartet will perform Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2 in D minor, “Quinten”: I. Allegro & Quinn Mason’s String Quartet No. 2: II. Broken Scherzo. 

Finally, please join us in congratulating Project STEP on a major milestone - this year they are celebrating 40 years of championing equity in classical music!

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY / A FAR CRY COLLABORATIVE COMPETITION
A Far Cry’s competition through New England Conservatory offers students the opportunity to perform with A Far Cry on a selected piece each season. The competition seeks to recognize talented young chamber musicians and inspire deeper communication through musicianship. The winners are invited to rehearse and perform as members of the ensemble, experiencing first-hand the sensitivity and discipline necessary to work as part of a self- conducted chamber orchestra.

LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF BARD COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP
A Far Cry is excited to be in its fourth year of partnership with the Longy School of Music of Bard College. This season, in addition to three chamber music performances at Longy’s Pickman Hall (Cactus, Dear Friend, and Hearth), A Far Cry will provide designated Crier Liaisons who are embedded in student activities during the school year. All students and members of the Longy community are also invited to attend exclusive open rehearsals and other extra musical features (such as interviews with artists and composers), and are offered free & discounted tickets to AFC concerts across the season.